Miscellaneous

The Sûreté du Québec is asking for the help of the population of Pontiac in order to identify two people linked to a case of vehicle theft that occurred on August 3 at a dealership on Hwy. 148 in Shawville. Around 6:30 p.m., the suspects arrived on foot at the business. After entering the vehicle […]

A two-vehicle collision on Hwy. 148 in the Municipality of Pontiac last night (August 16) sent one person to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to MRC des Collines Police, at around 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, a pickup truck pulling a trailer collided head-on with a car near the intersection with chemin Pilon in Luskville. The […]

The Club Quad Pontiac reacted with outrage to the graffiti and vandalism found on their trails’ signage. The vandalism was found on July 30 in the evening, near Lac Bell towards the Picanoc Road. “This kind of gesture can jeopardize the safety and lives of the users of our trails,” the Club wrote. “What a […]

Motorists may have noticed some bright colours on the side of Hwy. 148 in Clarendon recently, with a patch of sunflowers starting to show their blooms near the intersection with Hanna Road. Kendal Lang of RM Lang Farms explained that the plot of sunflowers would be host to a variety of activities over the course […]

A 75th birthday party for the man known around Bristol as the “Sheriff of Norway Bay” brought out a good crowd to the Jack Graham Community Centre on Sunday afternoon (May 28). Wayne Craig is a well-known member of the community and was presented with the key to Norway Bay by Mayor Brent Orr. Friend […]

Xavier Lusignan did it again and won gold at the Junior Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Colombia this weekend. In the 96 kg category, Xavier bested the two other competitors on the list and improved his lifts from last year by about 10 kg. Next on his schedule, Xavier will be in action at […]

Sûreté du Québec officers from MRC Pontiac, in coordination with narcotics officers from the Outaouais, conducted three arrests and three searches yesterday (Wednesday, May 10) in connection with the trafficking of narcotics in a residence and two apartments in Mansfield. During searches on rue Graveline, rue Dagenais and chemin Thomas-Lefebvre, the police seized: • About […]

Yesterday (May 9), Sûreté du Québec officers arrested four people and conducted a search in Otter-Lake in relation to a series of shoplifting cases that took place between March 17 and May 5 in both MRC Pontiac and MRC Vallée-de-la-Gatineau. Police say that the suspects took out grocery baskets and items while accomplices distracted the […]

A fire broke out in an apartment in a building on rue Sauriol in Fort-Coulonge on Monday around 2 a.m. The Fort-Coulonge fire department was joined by firefighters from Mansfield who came to lend a hand. Residents had to get out and even jump out of windows to save themselves from the flames. “The ambulance […]

Passing through the Outaouais, the leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about infrastructure needs within municipalities. He believes that the Government of Quebec will have to support municipalities due to the impact of climate change. “The UMQ has hired a firm specializing in estimating the costs resulting from these climatic […]